In MÃÂori tradition, Tinana (also known as Te Mamaru) was one of the great ocean-going, voyaging canoes that was used in the migrations that settled New Zealand.
The Tinana canoe, later renamed Te MÃÂmaru, is particularly important for the Muriwhenua tribes of Te Rarawa and NgÃÂti Kahu. The Tinana, captained by Tà «moana, landed at Tauroa Point near present-day Ahipara. The canoe later returned to Hawaiki where Tà «moana's nephew, Te Parata, renamed it Te MÃÂmaru. It was then brought back to Muriwhenua, its crew first sighting land at Pà «wheke Mountain on the Karikari Peninsula, before sailing around RangiÃÂwhiao and Whatuwhiwhi to make landfall at Te Ikateretere, near the mouth of the TaipàRiver. Te Parata married Kahutianui-a-te-rangi, who is the founding ancestor of NgÃÂti Kahu.